The Pixies - The End

... "This will not do!" thought Queen Mandy, in a very queenlike way. Then, she had a wonderful idea. Ping! "I know... I'll send for the Great Wizard Barber. Everybody likes him. He'll have the pixies back to work in no time!"

So Great Wizard Barber was sent for and briefed privately by Queen Mandy. She told him about how the pixies were not working, but were instead dancing and singing and drinking too much lemonade which was making them belchy and grumpy. And how they'd started to discuss evil things like fair pay and democracy in the workplace.

"Don't worry, great queen," said Wizard Barber. "My middle name is Jim and I Can Fix It!"

So Wizard Barber sent for the Chief pixies and the pixie reps to come to his Castle. He got them to shake hands nicely, both say they were very sorry, and he put on a great banquet of tea and buns. An agreement to go back to work was reached, which Wizard Barber wrote on especially nice parchment paper and nailed to the front door of the Castle:

AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHIEF PIXIES AND PIXIES

The Pixies will go back to work because it is nearly Christmas time and Santa and all the children will cry a lot if Santa doesn't have his little helpers. To help make things nicer there will be -

1. Dress-up Fridays. The Wizard Acas will provide costumes.

2. Pixies to be offered tea and chocolate at the end of a hard day's work, although this will have to be taken in their own time and will not constitute overtime. Also, the cost of the tea and chocolate enjoyed by the pixies will be taken out of their wages.

3. Chief pixies to smile more at the pixies.

4. Queen Mandy to take the pot of gold and give it to her best friends to look after.

So the pixies went back to work and the people of the land cheered and said, "Well done!" And the children were delighted that they would get their Christmas presents from Santa. And everyone lived HAPPILY EVER AFTER...